GUARDIAN
The deputy spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Hannatu Musawa, said she expects President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to come down hard on defaulting petroleum marketers.
Tinubu in his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Monday after he was sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th President said the era of subsidy payment on fuel has ended.
According to him, the 2023 Budget made no provision for fuel subsidy and more so, subsidy payment is no longer justifiable.
He stated that his government shall instead channel funds into infrastructure and other areas to strengthen the economy.
This has led to panic buying in every part of the country with a litre of fuel selling for as much as N1,200 in Ebonyi state, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Musawa, however, feels the fuel scarcity already being experienced will soon come to an end as she believes that Tinubu will clamp down on the defaulting petroleum marketers.
“Expect President Bola Tinubu’s administration to come down hard on those making the lives of Nigerians difficult…
